You do not have to be ill (both mentally or physically) to take part in a therapy that we can call “the therapy by art.”
It does not matter whether you are photographing, painting, sculpting, singing, playing, dancing, and so on. Creation is one of the most refreshing, purifying, and healing activity we can imagine. Why? In my previous posts, I had already written that art production is one of the fundamental things that made us humans. Both cave paintings or raising the stones (like Stonehenge) made the primordial, humanoid tribes become humans. People possess a primordial desire to create. To transform the surrounding reality into a new dimension.
By creating art, we want to give a sense to this world.
In general, we do not know how to find a sense of our life. We try to find a reason for our existence in religions, beliefs, science, or the mix of all these things: alchemy. Art is also another step forward to seek it. But, I am sure that even the most valuable art (like Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings, Fryderyk Chopin’s music, or Fyodor Dostoyevski’s novels) will never bring us answers to our fundamental questions.
Is that mean we should stop seeking the truth in our existence? Of course not. Art, as I mentioned before, could be one of the ways to find existential answers. It is not the final result that counts, but everything that is happening during our journey.
Even if we can’t reach the sky throughout our whole life, the most important thing is that we are trying to accomplish it.
Art possesses some magical, unbelievable power. It makes us move forward, both in our life as a whole and our passion. It develops our mind, imagination, soul, heart, and even our body. Art can empower not only you but also your loved ones, your social community, and society as a whole organism. Speaking shortly: create. Your way will not be easy, but it is undoubtedly worth your effort.
